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Hell's Kitchen 7
Salvatore Coppola the seventh contestant cut from 'Hell's Kitchen'
By Christopher Rocchio, 06/30/2010
Salvatore Coppola's problems continued to mount in the kitchen, and
Gordon Ramsay
decided enough was enough.
The 35-year-old pizzeria chef from Monte Di Procida, Italy who currently resides in Laurel Springs, NJ became the seventh contestant eliminated from
Hell's Kitchen
seventh season during Tuesday night's broadcast of the culinary competition series.
"You mess up, you pay the consequences," said Salvatore after his ouster. "Yeah, I'm mad that I left. But at the same time, I messed up two or three times in a row, so I deserve to go home. It was the right decision."
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"I'm not too psyched about being a part of the Red Team," opined Benjamin. "They're so fragmented, it's a f--king joke almost."
The Blue Team was also upset to see Benjamin go since he had been a good leader.
"We hate that he's leaving," said Jason Ellis, a 37-year-old personal chef from Greenville, SC who currently resides in Suwanee, GA. "But we're going to still handle our business."
The next morning the 10 remaining chefs met Gordon in the dining room, and he revealed the upcoming dinner service would host a 50th wedding anniversary and introduced them to the couple, Sal and Marcy.
For their challenge, the contestants would be updating the couple's menu from their wedding reception. The menu consisted of steak Diane, chicken kiev and trout almondine, and the contestants had 30 minutes to update it.
The challenge commenced and Benjamin immediately began to delegate duties in the Red kitchen. Siobhan Allgood, a 25-year-old pub executive chef from Rockledge, PA who currently resides in Philadelphia, PA, thought Benjamin brought "calmness" to their kitchen.
The Blue Team also got to work, with Jay Santos, a 32-year-old executive chef from Melrose, MA who currently resides in Medford, MA, trying to step into Benjamin's vacant leadership role. Salvatore suggested chicken meatballs, which made Autumn Lewis, a 29-year-old personal chef from Chicago, IL who currently resides in North Hollywood, CA, nervous.
Her fears were realized when Salvatore's meatballs were undercooked.
"Salvatore dropped the ball a little bit once again," opined Jay.
The challenge concluded and the dishes were tasted by Gordon and the couple.
The steak Diane dishes went first, and Nilka Hendricks, a 28-year-old line cook from Glen Cove, NY who currently resides in West Hempstead, NY, presented the Red Team's updated version -- however it lacked a lot of the original ingredients. Still, the couple enjoyed it.
Ed Battaglia, a 28-year-old high school cooking teacher from Burlington, NJ who currently resides in Edgewater Park, NJ, presented the Blue Team's take on it, a pan-seared filet. The couple also enjoyed it and gave the Blue Team the point.
The chicken kiev dishes went next, with Autumn presenting the Blue Team's meatballs. Salvatore also took credit for the idea. Gordon immediately recognized the meatballs were undercooked.
Holli Ugalde, a 24-year-old banquet chef from San Bernardino, CA, then presented the Red Team's dish. The couple loved it and awarded the point to the Red Team.
The trout almondine was the last dish. Benjamin presented the Red Team's dish, which Marcy thought was mild but Sal liked. Jay presented the Blue Team's dish, which was also enjoyed. Marcy wanted to award the point to the Blue Team, however Sal liked the Red.
"So it's a tie," said Gordon. "I will break the tie."
While the difference was "minimal," he gave the point to the Red Team -- which won their first challenge.
For their reward, the Red Team went to a 50's style diner. For their punishment, the Blue Team had to decorate the dining room for the upcoming reception.
"I don't mind losing if we deserve to lose, and unfortunately with Salvatore's dish we deserved to lose this," opined Jay.
The next morning, both teams began to prep for that night's dinner service -- which included Benjamin's trout almondine. He continued to take charge in the Red kitchen, and Jay's attempt to lead the Blue kitchen also continued -- until he cut himself.
"It's deep," he told the medic. "When I first pulled it I could see all the way in the finger."
The medic kept pressure on the finger, however Jay began to feel light-headed. He was eventually able to return to the kitchen. Gordon revealed the steak Diane would be served tableside and assigned Ed for the Blue Team and Nilka for the Red Team.
The dinner service commenced and the guests arrived for the anniversary celebration.
Since they won the challenge, the Red Team would serve Sal and Marcy the first course -- the appetizer. Things were going smoothly and the appetizers started to leave the kitchen for the other diners. A problem arose when it looked like the wedding cake was going to fall over in the dining area, and Gordon sent Ed and Jay to fix it -- which they did.
The Red Team finished their appetizer orders, however there was a problem when Benjamin served cold crab cakes.
"I like Ben, but I think he's a little pompous," said Fran Klier, a 44-year-old catering chef from Rockville Centre, NY. "He thinks that he's a better cook than anybody here."
Benjamin didn't like the criticism from Gordon and eschewed help from the other Red Team members in anger.
The Red Team began to work on the head table's entrees and Nilka was sent into the dining area to prepare the steak Diane. Ed also went into the dining area to begin preparing it for other diners. Timing was crucial with food being cooked in the kitchen and dining area, however the Red Team was able to pull it off.
The Blue Team also began to push their first entrees out, with Salvatore and Jason on the garnish station.
"It's a big night for me because it's do or die," said Salvatore. "Everything I'm doing I want to do perfect and not screw up anything."
However Salvatore's communication was lacking and he didn't serve enough garnish for the duck.
"I got confused and I'm scared to do anything because Chef Ramsay wants to yell at you," he said.
In the Red kitchen, Holli's duck was overcooked and her chicken was raw.
"It's a very rookie mistake," she opined.
Two hours into dinner service and more than half of the customers received their entrees. In the Red kitchen, Fran struggled to keep up with garnish and sent a hot pan to the pass, which got her a tongue-lashing from Gordon.
"Engage your brain!" scolded Gordon.
Salvatore continued to struggle with his garnish, as he fell behind.
"You need to wake up!" yelled Gordon.
"I'm not giving up," replied Salvatore.
The Blue Team pushed out their final entrees and the Red Team also rushed to finish. The dinner service came to a close, with no food sent back.
"I do believe we finished our tickets first, but Salvatore sucked once again," said Jay.
Gordon singled out Fran, Holli and Salvatore for not meeting his standards during the service before revealing the Red Team lost and would need to nominate two people for elimination.
"I felt like we had a good service and the girls all felt like it was the best service they've had," said Benjamin. "It wasn't good enough though."
Since there weren't many problems, Fran threw out Holli's name due to her problems with the meat and Benjamin due to his struggles with the crab cakes. Benjamin pointed out Fran struggled with garnish and also singled out Holli.
Nilka thought Siobhan and Fran without much explanation, and Siobhan nominated Holli and Fran. The group continued to discuss the nominations since there were lots of varying opinions. Benjamin called out Siobhan for lacking passion, which obviously upset her.
The contestants eventually returned to the kitchen and Holli revealed Fran was the Red Team's first nomination because she was a "little slow." Holli then revealed Siobhan was the second nomination because she was one of the "worst cooks" in the kitchen.
Fran and Siobhan both stepped forward and Gordon asked them to defend themselves, which they did. Gordon then sent Fran and Siobhan back in line.
"Yes, you did lose tonight," said Gordon. "But there is one chef that had the worst service. Salvatore, come here. Out of seven services, you've had one good one. Your time has run out."
Salvatore then left the kitchen.
"Salvatore had a big heart," said Gordon. "Too bad he couldn't cook with it."
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McKercher, Catherine (2000) From newspaper guild to multimedia union : a study in labour convergence. PhD thesis, Concordia University.
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Since the 1960s, the unions representing newspaper workers in North America have confronted two interconnected forms of convergence that have dramatically altered the workplaces and the work of their members. Between them, corporate and technological convergence have transformed newspapers from community-based enterprises into minor holdings of massive empires, hollowed out the labour process and blurred the edges of previously distinct media forms. In response, the unions have undertaken a convergence of their own, transforming themselves through a series of mergers into unions that represent a broad spectrum of communications workers. This study, covering the period from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, focuses on The Newspaper Guild, the union of journalists and white-collar news workers, which merged with the Communications Workers of America in the mid-1990s. This act of convergence was accompanied by a parallel act of divergence/convergence, when a number of Canadian newsworkers' locals chose instead to join the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. Convergence reached new levels within one of those locals, when Pacific Press consolidated its seven bargaining units into one. This study finds that while labour convergence remains a work in progress, the converged unions are in a stronger position to assert their claim as unions for the information age.
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Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
Authors: | McKercher, Catherine |
Pagination: | v, 396 leaves ; 29 cm. |
Institution: | Concordia University |
Degree Name: | Theses (Ph.D.) |
Program: | School of Graduate Studies |
Date: | 2000 |
Thesis Supervisor(s): | Burton, William J. |
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Hoffman Named Player of the Year, Highlights Nine Women's Soccer All-AMCC Selections
The nine selections are the most the Bobcats have placed on the AMCC team since the conference was established in 1997.
First team representatives went to senior team captain Lindsay Hoffman (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson), sophomore Tori Walter (Frederick, Md./Frederick), and freshmen Lauren Lentine (Princeton, N.J./WWP North) and Stephanie Gwinn (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana).
Along with first team honors, Hoffman was named the Player of the Year for her outstanding season. She posted a career high 31 points, from 11 goals and nine assists. She finished fourth in the AMCC in points and second with four game-winning goals. She only spent two years on the Bobcat squad, since transferring from Division I East Tennessee State University.
Walter started and played in all 18 games this season. She recorded two assists, while anchoring a stingy Bobcat defense.
Lentine was second on the team in points, with 25. She netted eleven goals and had three assists.
Gwinn was an early season surprise, stepping in net for the injured starting goalkeeper. She ended the season 12-2 with four shutouts. She broke the single season school records for save percentage (0.872) and goals against average (0.46). During her time in goal, she went on an 815 minute scoreless streak, allowing no goals in regular season conference play.
Second team honors went to junior Jenn Naylor (Riva, Md./St. Mary's) and freshmen Katie Emminger (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) and Amanda Drake (Montgomery Village, Md./Watkins Mill).
Naylor, a first team honoree last year and a second team member her freshman year, recorded three goals and one assist from her center midfield position.
Emminger, a centerback for FSU scored three goals and added four assists in her first collegiate season while Drake netted nine goals and five assists, for 23 points in her first season.
Honorable Mention selections went to sophomore Jackie Donovan (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg Area) and freshman Kendal Moss (Hagerstown, Md./Williamsport).
Donovan, started and played in all 18 games, recording one assist from her defensive position. She was a main reason FSU was ranked first in goals against and goals against average and second in shutouts in the AMCC.
Moss, who was an at-large selection, only started in five games, but played in all 18. She scored six goals and added one assist, for a toal of 13 points.
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In honor of the upcoming series premiere, we've created a poll that allows you to create the "perfect" male and female celeb by choosing the best physical features from different celebrities. You've already voted for the perfect male, now it's time to vote for the perfect female!
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Forward Evgeni Malkin (upper body) and defenseman Kris Letang (lower body) will sit out again tonight on Long Island when the Penguins try to win their 11th straight game.
Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma says both players remain day-to-day. The Pens' next game after tonight's is Sunday at home to Philadelphia.
Malkin last played March 9 when he was hurt in a game with Toronto.
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- jobotjones - Mar 22, 2013 at 1:04 PM
I don't think they necessarily need them tonight. Seems better to rest them for Sunday's matchup vs flyers.
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- steelers88 - Mar 22, 2013 at 1:16 PM
I wouldn't play Malkin or Letang Sunday against Philly I'd play against Montreal.
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I'd play them as soon as they are able and confident their injuries are completely healed regardless of the team they play. Both Montreal and Philly get into the Penguins heads so I don't think the team they return against matters as long as they're ready.
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Absolutely. Both need to sit until they're 100%. Need 'em at that level when it really counts. A playoff spot is all but secured. I couldn't care less if they are the first or fourth seed.
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let me guess upper and lower body injuries
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Why would you want the #4 seed? That is probably one of the worst seeds to have! I'd rather have home ice throughout the playoffs than only have home ice for the first round! Plus that would mean the Penguins would have a epic collapse! You don't want to go into the playoffs like that.
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I was just making a point – perhaps I should've said eighth and made that more clear. Obviously they're going to finish any lower than second.
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Development of a polarization-insensitive thermophotovoltaic emitter with a binary grating |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 6, pp. 5882-5890 (2012)
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A wavelength-selective but polarization-insensitive thermophotovoltaic emitter was numerically developed with a binary tungsten grating and its appealing emittance spectra were demonstrated with analysis. Ranges of emitter dimensions were preliminarily confined with the excitation of the surface plasmon polariton, cavity resonance, and Wood's anomaly at specified wavelengths. Then, a hybrid scheme (the rigorous coupled wave analysis together with a genetic algorithm) was able to finely tailor the grating profile such that emittance could be significantly enhanced in the near infrared region. The peak emittance at the transverse electric and transverse magnetic polarizations was 0.997 and 0.935, respectively. The emittance was actually almost twice that from a plain tungsten plate at short wavelengths but significantly reduced at long wavelengths. Moreover, such spectral emittance is insensitive to the polarization and 5% dimension modification, making the emitter ideal for thermophotovoltaic applications. Patterns of electromagnetic fields and Poynting vectors were able to confirm the excitation of physical mechanisms.
OCIS Codes
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(260.3060) Physical optics : Infrared
(310.6628) Thin films : Subwavelength structures, nanostructures
(290.6815) Scattering : Thermal emission
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Diffraction and Gratings
Original Manuscript: December 1, 2011
Revised Manuscript: February 6, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: February 19, 2012
Published: February 27, 2012
Nghia Nguyen-Huu, Yu-Bin Chen, and Yu-Lung Lo, "Development of a polarization-insensitive thermophotovoltaic emitter with a binary grating," Opt. Express 20, 5882-5890 (2012)
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Rees, C.E., Bath, P.A. and Lloyd-Williams, M. (1998) The information concerns of spouses of women with breast cancer: patients' and spouses' perspectives. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28 (6). pp. 1249-1258. ISSN 0309-2402
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A user-centred study employing focus group methodology was conducted in the United Kingdom in order to establish the key information concerns of spouses of women with breast cancer from both patients' and spouses' perspectives. Four unstructured focus group discussions were convened, three with women with breast cancer (n = 11, n = 7 and n = 12) and one with spouses (n = 9), The discussions were audio-taped and transcribed in full. All transcripts were analysed manually using theme analysis and considered patterns common to the data, Themes were established and corresponding quotations used to support all themes, Emergent themes were grouped into the following categories: information needs of spouses; sources of information for spouses; and family information. Several important points emerged within each of these categories and these are discussed. Validity was established by participant evaluation of the findings. Findings clearly indicate the key information concerns of spouses from patients' and spouses' perspectives. These findings are of value to health care professionals and have a number of nursing implications. The study also highlights particular areas where further research and development are needed.
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Information Studies |
Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2009 13:43 |
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Madikeri: Karnataka Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Apachu Ranjan today said ministers and legislators were aware about Speaker K G Bopaiah`s foreign tour and he would return on January 28.
"All ministers, legislators and officials knew about the Speaker`s foreign tour and he will be back in India on January 28," he told reporters here.
Ranjan said it was not correct to to state that Bopaiah had avoided accepting resignation letters from 13 MLAs, who had visited his chamber at Legislative Secretariat on January 23.
Bopaiah was supposed to accompany former Chief Minister Sadananada Gowda, Legislative Council Chairman D H Shankarmurthy and other MLAs on a foreign tour, but due to some reasons he did not join them.
Bopaiah reached Nepal on January 23 and from there he proceeded to China and presently he was in Italy. The speaker would then would fly to Australia and some other countries before reaching India on January 28, Ranjan said, adding, he was in touch with him on January 24.


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i want my part of the birthday cake :hurr
I can't really say there are national traditions...
But usually there's a cake and some sort of celebration...the usual thing
With my gang, the birthday person is the one who buys us drinks...so we drink for free all night then we go partying somewhere...only this time, there's no cake involved...
Adi told me the same thing. That's so weird to me. On my birthday, I know it's the one day of the year where it doesn't matter if I bring my wallet or not. Someone always pays for my dinner, drinks, everything else that I have. :?bunny
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1 When the disturbance was over, Paul sent for the disciples and, after speaking words of encouragement to them, said good -- bye and set out for Macedonia.
2 On his way through those areas he said many words of encouragement to them and then made his way into Greece,
3 where he spent three months. He was leaving by ship for Syria when a plot organised against him by the Jews made him decide to go back by way of Macedonia.
4 He was accompanied by Sopater, son of Pyrrhus, who came from Beroea; Aristarchus and Secundus who came from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus who were from Asia.
5 They all went on to Troas where they waited for us.
6 We ourselves left Philippi by ship after the days of Unleavened Bread and joined them five days later at Troas, where we stayed for a week.
7 On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread. Paul was due to leave the next day, and he preached a sermon that went on till the middle of the night.
8 A number of lamps were lit in the upstairs room where we were assembled,
9 and as Paul went on and on, a young man called Eutychus who was sitting on the window-sill grew drowsy and was overcome by sleep and fell to the ground three floors below. He was picked up dead.
10 Paul went down and stooped to clasp the boy to him, saying, 'There is no need to worry, there is still life in him.'
11 Then he went back upstairs where he broke the bread and ate and carried on talking till he left at daybreak.
12 They took the boy away alive, and were greatly encouraged.
13 We were now to go on ahead by sea, so we set sail for Assos, where we were to take Paul on board; this was what he had arranged, for he wanted to go overland.
14 When he rejoined us at Assos we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
15 The next day we sailed from there and arrived opposite Chios. The second day we touched at Samos and, after stopping at Trogyllium, made Miletus the next day.
16 Paul had decided to pass wide of Ephesus so as to avoid spending time in Asia, since he was anxious to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
17 From Miletus he sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus.
18 When they arrived he addressed these words to them: 'You know what my way of life has been ever since the first day I set foot among you in Asia,
19 how I have served the Lord in all humility, with all the sorrows and trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.
20 I have not hesitated to do anything that would be helpful to you; I have preached to you and instructed you both in public and in your homes,
21 urging both Jews and Greeks to turn to God and to believe in our Lord Jesus.
22 'And now you see me on my way to Jerusalem in captivity to the Spirit; I have no idea what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit, in town after town, has made it clear to me that imprisonment and persecution await me.
24 But I do not place any value on my own life, provided that I complete the mission the Lord Jesus gave me -- to bear witness to the good news of God's grace.
25 'I now feel sure that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will ever see my face again.
26 And so on this very day I swear that my conscience is clear as far as all of you are concerned,
27 for I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purpose.
28 'Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the guardians, to feed the Church of God which he bought with the blood of his own Son.
29 'I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves will invade you and will have no mercy on the flock.
30 Even from your own ranks there will be men coming forward with a travesty of the truth on their lips to induce the disciples to follow them.
31 So be on your guard, remembering how night and day for three years I never slackened in counselling each one of you with tears.
32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace that has power to build you up and to give you your inheritance among all the sanctified.
33 'I have never asked anyone for money or clothes;
34 you know for yourselves that these hands of mine earned enough to meet my needs and those of my companions.
35 By every means I have shown you that we must exert ourselves in this way to support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who himself said, "There is more happiness in giving than in receiving." '
36 When he had finished speaking he knelt down with them all and prayed.
37 By now they were all in tears; they put their arms round Paul's neck and kissed him;
38 what saddened them most was his saying they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.
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Summary: In the days following the Department of Mysteries there is no respite for Harry, as a long lost relative with exceptional powers comes to change his life forever. Ginny learns she is not the plain outsider she thinks she is. And grief and fear lead to late night connections for Ron and Hermione. Sixth year epic. (Pre-HBP/AU-beginning prior to last chapter of OoP) Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny.
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The Unofficial Wimbledon Poll: Fed vs RoddickTennis Fool 07-03-2004, 10:29 PM Who do you want to win? joeb_uk 07-03-2004, 11:07 PM FEDERER PinkFeatherBoa 07-03-2004, 11:12 PM Roddick, but I have a feeling Fed will repeat, though I don't mind too much because I like him as well. I'm mainly hoping for a long, exciting match.:) Billabong 07-04-2004, 03:39 AM Rogi :yeah:! rue 07-04-2004, 03:43 AM I would so love to see Federer win it for the second time in a row just to cement his name and show everyone why he deserves to be the world number one. I mean it is okay if Roddick wins it too, but I strongly would want Roger to take it. Fumus 07-04-2004, 04:45 AM Andy, I believe in you! chris whiteside 07-04-2004, 06:04 AM I really don't see Roddick being able to beat Federer. I did think if things got tight Federer might suddenly go off the boil and could suddernly be in difficulties but the odd time when he has had a bit of trouble he's just upped his game. RonE 07-04-2004, 07:44 AM There are many factors involved when the match itself gets underway- eg who gets the early break, possible rain delays at crucial junctures of the match etc. But all in all, I think Federer has the more complete and adaptable game than Roddick and that should give him the advantage. He has a way of neutralizing the really big hitters- Safin at the AO, Philippoussis last year and even Roddick himself. However, I have a feeling that this year's match between them will be slightly more competitive (at least I hope so ;) ) oxy 07-04-2004, 07:50 AM i don't care cos both are oredi GS winners |


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